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Jonah 4:9

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9So God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angryo about the plant?” And he said, “It is right for me to be angry enough to die!”p

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  1. oLiterally “rightfully is it hot for you”; some take this to mean “Are you so very angry?” (Targum Jonah 4:4; see also JPS, NEB, NET)
  2. pLiterally “Rightfully it is hot for me until death”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

“Yes, it’s right!” he replied. “I’m angry enough to die!”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?”

“Yes,” Jonah retorted, “even angry enough to die!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.